Karnataka sees red over Google result

A video clip claiming that Google was displaying “Kannada” because the reply to a query, ‘Which is the ugliest language of India?’, went viral on Thursday. The producers of the clip requested Kannidigas to report back to the webpage, debtconsolidationsquad.com, which had shared this data in a put up.

However, many took objection to Google itself, alleging that the search engine had referred to as “Kannada” the “ugliest language” and reported the net web page en masse. Even the State authorities has determined to take authorized action towards Google.

Kannada and Culture Minister Arvind Limbavali stated the State authorities will take authorized motion. “If Kannada is now called the ugliest language in India, it is merely an attempt by Google to insult this pride of Kannadigas. Demand apology from Google to Kannada, Kannadigas. Legal action will be taken against Google for maligning the image of our beautiful language!” he tweeted.

The Kannada Sahitya Parishat even mailed a grievance to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The net web page was later eliminated by Google from its search outcomes.

Former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy in a sequence of tweets took objection to “lack of sensitivity by Google” and requested why the net web page was eliminated solely after Kannadigas took objection to it.

Arun Javagal, a Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activist and a software program engineer, stated the put up on the webpage could have been a deliberate try to fire up hassle and that the best method to cope with it was to report the web page to Google, which was completed. “Google is a search engine which has picked up the specific page because of the keywords used. The process is automated,” he defined.

He added that the “self-respect and pride” which has spurred Kannadigas into motion over the clip could be put to higher use whether it is channelised into extra structural points like searching for all companies in Kannada and searching for a extra federal governance system within the nation.

Google India issued an apology later within the day “Search isn’t always perfect. Sometimes, the way consent is described on the internet can yield surprising results to specific queries. We know this is not ideal, but we take swift corrective action when we are made aware of an issue and are continually working to improve our algorithms. Naturally, these are not reflective of the opinions of Google, and we apologise for the misunderstanding and hurting any sentiments,” Google India stated in a press release on Twitter.